Saturday, April 4, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
Wizard World Adds Albuquerque to Its 2015 Comic Con Schedule
Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque Added To Largest Pop Culture Convention Schedule, June 19-21, 2015
Company Acquires Naming Rights for event at Albuquerque Convention Center from Founder Greg Derrick; 27 Shows Now On 2015 Calendar
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD) (“Wizard World”) today announced the addition of Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque to its 2015 schedule, bringing the current number of Wizard World events scheduled this year to 27. Wizard World acquired naming rights to the event, set for June 19-21, 2015, at the Albuquerque Convention Center, from founder and longtime owner Greg Derrick.
“I am excited Wizard World can continue the tradition of our show”
Celebrity and comics creator guests and other details about the event will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Albuquerque has a vibrant, enthusiastic fan base that we believe will be excited to see us build on what Greg and his team have established,” said John Macaluso, Wizard World CEO. “It is an area we have targeted for some time and we will get to work right away to make Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque a great experience for fans, celebrities, artists and vendors.”
"I am excited Wizard World can continue the tradition of our show,” said Derrick. “This is a great way for our loyal attendees in the Albuquerque area to celebrate their fandom."
Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque is one of 12 new shows on the 2015 Wizard World calendar. It will be held concurrently with Wizard World Sacramento Comic Con.
Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque show hours are Friday, June 19, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, June 20, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; and Sunday, June 21, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before dreamed – will roam the convention floor.
For more on the 2015 Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque, visit http://wizd.me/AlbuquerquePR.
About Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD)
Wizard World, Inc. (http://www.wizardworld.com) produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, television, cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of topical programming takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's, comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more. Wizard World has also launched ConTV, a digital media channel in partnership with leading independent content distributor Cinedigm™ (NASDAQ: CIDM). Fans can interact with Wizard World on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media services.
Wizard World 2015 schedule available at: http://wizd.me/PRSchedule2015.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve certain risks and uncertainties. The actual results or outcomes of Wizard World, Inc. may differ materially from those anticipated. Although Wizard World, Inc. believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any such assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. Therefore, Wizard World, Inc. can provide no assurance that any of the forward-looking statements contained in this letter will prove to be accurate.
In light of the significant uncertainties and risks inherent in the forward-looking statements included in this letter, such information should not be regarded as a representation by Wizard World, Inc. that its objectives or plans will be achieved. Included in these uncertainties and risks are, among other things, fluctuations in operating results, general economic conditions, uncertainty regarding the results of certain legal proceedings and competition. Forward-looking statements consist of statements other than a recitation of historical fact and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "intend," "expect," "will," "anticipate," "estimate" or "continue" or the negatives thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Because they are forward-looking, such statements should be evaluated in light of important risk factors and uncertainties. These risk factors and uncertainties are more fully described in Wizard World, Inc.'s most recent Annual and Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading entitled "Risk Factors." Wizard World, Inc. does not undertake an obligation to update publicly any of its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Company Acquires Naming Rights for event at Albuquerque Convention Center from Founder Greg Derrick; 27 Shows Now On 2015 Calendar
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD) (“Wizard World”) today announced the addition of Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque to its 2015 schedule, bringing the current number of Wizard World events scheduled this year to 27. Wizard World acquired naming rights to the event, set for June 19-21, 2015, at the Albuquerque Convention Center, from founder and longtime owner Greg Derrick.
“I am excited Wizard World can continue the tradition of our show”
Celebrity and comics creator guests and other details about the event will be announced in the coming weeks.
“Albuquerque has a vibrant, enthusiastic fan base that we believe will be excited to see us build on what Greg and his team have established,” said John Macaluso, Wizard World CEO. “It is an area we have targeted for some time and we will get to work right away to make Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque a great experience for fans, celebrities, artists and vendors.”
"I am excited Wizard World can continue the tradition of our show,” said Derrick. “This is a great way for our loyal attendees in the Albuquerque area to celebrate their fandom."
Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque is one of 12 new shows on the 2015 Wizard World calendar. It will be held concurrently with Wizard World Sacramento Comic Con.
Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque show hours are Friday, June 19, 2015, at 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, June 20, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; and Sunday, June 21, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque is also the place for cosplay, with fans young and old showing off their best costumes throughout the event. Fans dressed as every imaginable character – and some never before dreamed – will roam the convention floor.
For more on the 2015 Wizard World Comic Con Albuquerque, visit http://wizd.me/AlbuquerquePR.
About Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD)
Wizard World, Inc. (http://www.wizardworld.com) produces Comic Cons and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, television, cosplay, comics, graphic novels, toys, video gaming, sci-fi, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of topical programming takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's, comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more. Wizard World has also launched ConTV, a digital media channel in partnership with leading independent content distributor Cinedigm™ (NASDAQ: CIDM). Fans can interact with Wizard World on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media services.
Wizard World 2015 schedule available at: http://wizd.me/PRSchedule2015.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve certain risks and uncertainties. The actual results or outcomes of Wizard World, Inc. may differ materially from those anticipated. Although Wizard World, Inc. believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any such assumptions could prove to be inaccurate. Therefore, Wizard World, Inc. can provide no assurance that any of the forward-looking statements contained in this letter will prove to be accurate.
In light of the significant uncertainties and risks inherent in the forward-looking statements included in this letter, such information should not be regarded as a representation by Wizard World, Inc. that its objectives or plans will be achieved. Included in these uncertainties and risks are, among other things, fluctuations in operating results, general economic conditions, uncertainty regarding the results of certain legal proceedings and competition. Forward-looking statements consist of statements other than a recitation of historical fact and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "intend," "expect," "will," "anticipate," "estimate" or "continue" or the negatives thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. Because they are forward-looking, such statements should be evaluated in light of important risk factors and uncertainties. These risk factors and uncertainties are more fully described in Wizard World, Inc.'s most recent Annual and Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading entitled "Risk Factors." Wizard World, Inc. does not undertake an obligation to update publicly any of its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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The GRAMMY Museum to Open Branch in Cleveland, Mississippi
GRAMMY Museum® Mississippi to Celebrate Grand Opening Nov. 14, 2015, in Cleveland, Miss.
27,000-Square-Foot Museum to Mark the First GRAMMY Museum Site Outside Los Angeles
CLEVELAND, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE, The Recording Academy® and the Cleveland (Miss.) Music Foundation announced today that GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will officially open its doors to the public on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Cleveland, Miss. The opening of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will mark the first GRAMMY Museum to be built outside of Los Angeles.
“We are honored that the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE and The Recording Academy have entrusted us with the opportunity to share their mission of celebrating music”
"Since opening its doors in 2008, the GRAMMY Museum has presented visitors from around the globe with a content-rich experience that explores music's diverse history and most current trends, while helping uncover the mysteries behind the creative process of recording," said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE. "We are excited to extend the Museum's mission into Mississippi, while placing a much-deserved spotlight on the state's music history — the cradle of American music."
"After more than six years of building the GRAMMY Museum's strong foundation in Los Angeles, The Recording Academy is excited to be part of the development of a new Museum site in Mississippi," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and Chair of the GRAMMY Museum Board of Directors. "With its proximity to our Memphis and Nashville Chapters, we're looking forward to expanding the reach of the Museum's mission and programs into one of the most musically vibrant regions in America."
Built and operated by the Cleveland Music Foundation — a non-profit organization developed in 2011 — the 27,000-square-foot GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be housed on the campus of Delta State University, home of the Delta Music Institute — Mississippi's sole accredited music industry studies program.
"GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be a terrific complement to Delta State's focus on music and culture through our music department, Delta Music Institute Entertainment Industries program, Delta Blues project, and Delta Center for Culture and Learning," said William N. LaForge, President of Delta State University. "We look forward to the excitement that such a wonderful facility and experience will bring to our campus, to Cleveland and to the Mississippi Delta."
"We are honored that the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE and The Recording Academy have entrusted us with the opportunity to share their mission of celebrating music," said Lucy Janoush, President of the Cleveland Music Foundation. "GRAMMY Museum Mississippi represents an investment in the cultural music heritage of our state and will attract visitors from all across the country, as well as provide quality educational programs for students and guests of all ages."
Similar to its sister museum — the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE — GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. The Museum will feature a dynamic combination of public events, educational programming, engaging multimedia presentations, and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a Mississippi-centric display that will introduce visitors to the impact of Mississippi's songwriters, producers and musicians on the traditional and modern music landscape.
"Music is much more than a form of entertainment for Mississippians — it's a part of our history and legacy," said Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. "We're thrilled to have a museum dedicated to our part in shaping the nation's music history. Throughout 2014, we celebrated the Year of the Creative Economy in Mississippi. We invited home our greatest Mississippi artists to celebrate our creative spirit. This museum will extend that invitation, and will bring visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of our vibrant energy and dynamic musical contributions."
Details regarding GRAMMY Museum Mississippi's opening events will be announced in the coming months.
ABOUT GRAMMY MUSEUM® AT L.A. LIVE
Paying tribute to music's rich cultural history, this one-of-a-kind, 21st-century museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music, the creative process, the art and technology of the recording process, and the history of the premier recognition of excellence in recorded music — the GRAMMY® Award. The GRAMMY Museum features 30,000 square feet of interactive and multimedia exhibits located within L.A. LIVE, the downtown Los Angeles sports, entertainment and residential district. Through thought-provoking and dynamic public and educational programs and exhibits, guests will experience music from a never-before-seen insider perspective that only the GRAMMY Museum can deliver. For more information, please call 213-765-6800 or visit www.grammymuseum.org. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @TheGRAMMYMuseum on Twitter and Instagram, and like "The GRAMMY Museum" on Facebook.
ABOUT THE CLEVELAND MUSIC FOUNDATION
Established in 2011, the Cleveland Music Foundation is a non-profit organization developed to build and operate the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Affiliated with the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, the Cleveland Music Foundation will share its mission to celebrate the enduring legacies of all forms of music, the creative process, the art and technology of the recording process, and the history of the premier recognition of excellence in recorded music — the GRAMMY Award. GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will house interactive exhibits dedicated to this mission, as well as host educational programs for students of all ages. For more information about GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, please visit www.grammymuseumms.org, follow @GRAMMYMuseumMS on Twitter and Instagram, and like "GRAMMY Museum Mississippi" on Facebook.
ABOUT THE RECORDING ACADEMY®
Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards® — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @TheGRAMMYs on Twitter, like "The GRAMMYs" on Facebook, and join the GRAMMYs' social communities on Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube.
ABOUT DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Delta State University is a public institution, located in Cleveland, Miss., providing a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate curriculum to nearly 4,000 students from across the United States and more than 35 countries. Originally chartered as a teacher training school in 1924, Delta State's curriculum has evolved to include a full range of degree programs on the undergraduate level in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Education and in the School of Nursing. Among the university's offerings are specialized programs in commercial aviation, nursing, digital media arts, geospatial information systems, and the music, technology, and business aspects of the recording industry. Graduate programs on the master's, educational specialist, and doctoral levels provide advanced training in a broad range of disciplines. For more information about Delta State University, please visit www.deltastate.edu.
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27,000-Square-Foot Museum to Mark the First GRAMMY Museum Site Outside Los Angeles
CLEVELAND, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. LIVE, The Recording Academy® and the Cleveland (Miss.) Music Foundation announced today that GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will officially open its doors to the public on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Cleveland, Miss. The opening of GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will mark the first GRAMMY Museum to be built outside of Los Angeles.
“We are honored that the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE and The Recording Academy have entrusted us with the opportunity to share their mission of celebrating music”
"Since opening its doors in 2008, the GRAMMY Museum has presented visitors from around the globe with a content-rich experience that explores music's diverse history and most current trends, while helping uncover the mysteries behind the creative process of recording," said Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE. "We are excited to extend the Museum's mission into Mississippi, while placing a much-deserved spotlight on the state's music history — the cradle of American music."
"After more than six years of building the GRAMMY Museum's strong foundation in Los Angeles, The Recording Academy is excited to be part of the development of a new Museum site in Mississippi," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and Chair of the GRAMMY Museum Board of Directors. "With its proximity to our Memphis and Nashville Chapters, we're looking forward to expanding the reach of the Museum's mission and programs into one of the most musically vibrant regions in America."
Built and operated by the Cleveland Music Foundation — a non-profit organization developed in 2011 — the 27,000-square-foot GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be housed on the campus of Delta State University, home of the Delta Music Institute — Mississippi's sole accredited music industry studies program.
"GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be a terrific complement to Delta State's focus on music and culture through our music department, Delta Music Institute Entertainment Industries program, Delta Blues project, and Delta Center for Culture and Learning," said William N. LaForge, President of Delta State University. "We look forward to the excitement that such a wonderful facility and experience will bring to our campus, to Cleveland and to the Mississippi Delta."
"We are honored that the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE and The Recording Academy have entrusted us with the opportunity to share their mission of celebrating music," said Lucy Janoush, President of the Cleveland Music Foundation. "GRAMMY Museum Mississippi represents an investment in the cultural music heritage of our state and will attract visitors from all across the country, as well as provide quality educational programs for students and guests of all ages."
Similar to its sister museum — the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. LIVE — GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will be dedicated to exploring the past, present and future of music, and the cultural context from which it emerges, while casting a focused spotlight on the deep musical roots of Mississippi. The Museum will feature a dynamic combination of public events, educational programming, engaging multimedia presentations, and interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, including a Mississippi-centric display that will introduce visitors to the impact of Mississippi's songwriters, producers and musicians on the traditional and modern music landscape.
"Music is much more than a form of entertainment for Mississippians — it's a part of our history and legacy," said Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. "We're thrilled to have a museum dedicated to our part in shaping the nation's music history. Throughout 2014, we celebrated the Year of the Creative Economy in Mississippi. We invited home our greatest Mississippi artists to celebrate our creative spirit. This museum will extend that invitation, and will bring visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of our vibrant energy and dynamic musical contributions."
Details regarding GRAMMY Museum Mississippi's opening events will be announced in the coming months.
ABOUT GRAMMY MUSEUM® AT L.A. LIVE
Paying tribute to music's rich cultural history, this one-of-a-kind, 21st-century museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all forms of music, the creative process, the art and technology of the recording process, and the history of the premier recognition of excellence in recorded music — the GRAMMY® Award. The GRAMMY Museum features 30,000 square feet of interactive and multimedia exhibits located within L.A. LIVE, the downtown Los Angeles sports, entertainment and residential district. Through thought-provoking and dynamic public and educational programs and exhibits, guests will experience music from a never-before-seen insider perspective that only the GRAMMY Museum can deliver. For more information, please call 213-765-6800 or visit www.grammymuseum.org. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @TheGRAMMYMuseum on Twitter and Instagram, and like "The GRAMMY Museum" on Facebook.
ABOUT THE CLEVELAND MUSIC FOUNDATION
Established in 2011, the Cleveland Music Foundation is a non-profit organization developed to build and operate the GRAMMY Museum Mississippi. Affiliated with the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, the Cleveland Music Foundation will share its mission to celebrate the enduring legacies of all forms of music, the creative process, the art and technology of the recording process, and the history of the premier recognition of excellence in recorded music — the GRAMMY Award. GRAMMY Museum Mississippi will house interactive exhibits dedicated to this mission, as well as host educational programs for students of all ages. For more information about GRAMMY Museum Mississippi, please visit www.grammymuseumms.org, follow @GRAMMYMuseumMS on Twitter and Instagram, and like "GRAMMY Museum Mississippi" on Facebook.
ABOUT THE RECORDING ACADEMY®
Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards® — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @TheGRAMMYs on Twitter, like "The GRAMMYs" on Facebook, and join the GRAMMYs' social communities on Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, and YouTube.
ABOUT DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Delta State University is a public institution, located in Cleveland, Miss., providing a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate curriculum to nearly 4,000 students from across the United States and more than 35 countries. Originally chartered as a teacher training school in 1924, Delta State's curriculum has evolved to include a full range of degree programs on the undergraduate level in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Education and in the School of Nursing. Among the university's offerings are specialized programs in commercial aviation, nursing, digital media arts, geospatial information systems, and the music, technology, and business aspects of the recording industry. Graduate programs on the master's, educational specialist, and doctoral levels provide advanced training in a broad range of disciplines. For more information about Delta State University, please visit www.deltastate.edu.
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Negromancer News Bits and Bites for April 1st to 4th, 2015 - Updated #6
NEWS:
From THR: "The Muppet Show," which ran from 1976 to 1981 could be revived by ABC.
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From YahooCelebrity: Chris Rock documents his experience with racial profiling and driving-while-black (DWB).
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From SlashFilm: Clint Eastwood's name has come up in connection with the Leonardo DiCaprio-Jonah Hill "Richard Jewel" project.
COMICS: Books and Films:
From CBR: First photos from "Deadpool" film.
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From ComicBookMovie: A supposed look at Wolverine's costume in "X-Men: Age of Apocalypse."
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From CinemaBlend: First trailer for "Batman Vs. Superman" to debut with Mad Max: Fury Road (May 15, 2015).
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From CinemaBlend: Brit actor, Ben Hardy, could be "Angel" in X-Men: Apocalypse.
STAR WARS:
From ScreenRant: New rumors about the villains in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
TRAILERS AND PREVIEWS:
From YouTube: Second "Poltergeist" trailer is up.
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From YouTube: New trailer for Melissa McCarthy comedy, Spy.
REVIEWS:
From VillageVoice: Stephanie Zacharek reviews "Furious 7."
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From VillageVoice: Alan Scherstuhl reviews The Who documentary, "Lambert & Stamp."
Thursday, April 2, 2015
"Hot Docs 2015" to Feature 8 Films from National Film Board of Canada
EIGHT NFB DOCUMENTARIES FEATURED AT HOT DOCS 2015
Includes a world premiere feature documentary and live preview of the closing chapter in the award-winning interactive project HIGHRISE
Toronto, Ontario – National Film Board of Canada - Mysteries and disappearances stranger than anything in a detective novel. Visionary one-of-a-kind figures in Canadian arts and politics. Feature documentaries and short works, and a live preview of the final installment in a legendary six-year digital project.
It’s all part of a rich National Film Board of Canada (NFB) presence at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where NFB works will be showcased this year from April 23 to May 3, 2015.
This year’s selection includes the world premiere of Sasha Snow’s feature documentary Hadwin’s Judgement, a spellbinding account of environmentalism, obsession and myth produced by True West Films and Passion Planet in association with the NFB, screening in the World Showcase program.
The festival is also hosting five Ontario premieres. Screening in the Canadian Spectrum program are Sophie Deraspe’s esperamos/NFB co-produced feature documentary The Amina Profile, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and Serge Giguère’s Productions du Rapide-Blanc/NFB co-production Finding Macpherson, a captivating 10-year look at an artist at work, which was named Best Feature-Length Documentary at Quebec’s Jutra Awards on March 15. Justin Simms and William D. MacGillivray’s Danny, a portrait of legendary Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams, is one of just five titles chosen for Hot Docs’ Big Ideas program, while Mike Maryniuk’s eclectic multi-media film Home Cooked Music and Martin Bureau’s impressionistic Hell Runs on Gasoline! are featured in the Short Documentary program.
Winner of the Grand Prize for Best Animated Feature-length Film at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, Luc Chamberland’s animated documentary Seth’s Dominion, about Canadian cartoonist Seth, is featured in the Next program, which explores creativity, pop culture and the arts.
As Hot Docs inaugurates its DocX program for innovative interactive documentaries, the festival will host a sneak preview of HIGHRISE: Universe Within with the one-night-only participatory live performance Universe Within, Live. Launching online later this year, HIGHRISE: Universe Within delves into the hidden digital lives of high-rise residents around the world and is the final iteration in the NFB’s many media, multi-year digital documentary project HIGHRISE, directed by Katerina Cizek, which has to date garnered a number of prestigious international honours: two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a World Press Photo Prize, two Canadian Screen Awards, and the first-ever IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling.
Quick Facts
Hadwin’s Judgement (86 min.)
· Inspired by the award-winning book The Golden Spruce, HadwinĘĽs Judgement chronicles BC logging engineer and survivalist Grant Hadwin’s resolute struggle to reconcile what he regarded as an egregious affront—not just to the land, but to humanity as well. Witnessing the devastation wrought by clear-cutting on the last great temperate rainforest drove him to commit a desperate and illegal act. His crusade ends in a tragic mystery and prophetic warning.
· Hadwin’s Judgement is written and directed by Sasha Snow, and produced by Elizabeth Yake (True West Films), David Allen (Passion Planet), and David Christensen and Yves J. Ma (NFB).
The Amina Profile (Le profil Amina) (85 min.)
· Amina Arraf, a Syrian-American revolutionary who’s having an online affair with Montrealer Sandra Bagaria, launches the provocatively named blog A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog attracts a huge following―which increases when Amina’s reported abduction sparks an international outcry. But who is the real Amina? The Amina Profile is part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax.
· The Amina Profile is written and directed by Sophie Deraspe, and produced by Isabelle Couture (esperamos) and Nathalie Cloutier (NFB). The film is distributed in Canada by Les Films du 3 mars.
Finding Macpherson (Le mystère Macpherson) (77 min.)
· Born of a friendship between Quebec singer-songwriter FĂ©lix Leclerc and Jamaican immigrant Frank Randolph Macpherson, the song “MacPherson” launched Martine Chartrand on a 10-year period of research to create her award-winning 2012 NFB paint-on-glass animated short MacPherson. Director Serge Giguère was with her from the start and chronicled her exceptional creative journey in Finding Macpherson.
· Finding Macpherson is written and directed by Serge Giguère, and produced by Nicole Hubert and Sylvie Van Brabant (Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc), and Colette Loumède (NFB).
Danny (84 min.)
· Through revealing back-room anecdotes and in-depth interviews, Danny tells the story of how former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams battled Ottawa and Big Oil alike to ensure that the province received a fair share of its abundant natural resources, becoming the most popular—and controversial—Canadian politician of his era.
· Directed by Justin Simms and William D. MacGillivray, written by William D. MacGillivray, and produced for the NFB by Annette Clarke.
Home Cooked Music (10 min.)
· Is there anything more Canadian than a moose-antler electric guitar? Mike Maryniuk’s own eclectic creativity finds a fellow tinkerer in retired machinist Lorne Collie. The filmmaker stitches together weathered doc footage and hand-crafted animation, and the result is a folksy, one-of-a-kind portrait.
· Written and directed by Mike Maryniuk, and produced for the NFB by Brendon Sawatzky.
Hell Runs on Gasoline! (L’enfer marche au gaz!) (7 min.)
· A race at the Saint-FĂ©licien racetrack goes from bone-jarring, ear-splitting infernal vision to an eerily silent cemetery of abandoned carcasses, in this short created through the first edition of the 5 Shorts Project (Projet 5 courts), an NFB short documentary initiative in partnership with regional artist-run centres and production centres in Quebec.
· Hell Runs on Gasoline! is written and directed by Martin Bureau, and produced by Nathalie Cloutier and Colette Loumède (NFB), and Catherine Benoit (Spirafilm).
Seth’s Dominion (42 min)
· Canadian cartoonist Seth, best known for comic books such as Palookaville, is one of the world’s great storytellers in the form. Luc Chamberland sheds light on his wry, articulate subject, mixing insightful biography with vivid animation in an artful fusion of filmmaking techniques that perfectly captures Seth’s manifold creative universe.
· Written and directed by Luc Chamberland, and produced for the NFB by Marcy Page and Gerry Flahive.
HIGHRISE: Universe Within, Live
· Launching the final iteration of the acclaimed HIGHRISE digital documentary project, Universe Within, Live takes audiences on a fascinating journey from Brooklyn to Mumbai to Guangzhou through the original portraits of highrise residents and their digital lives from around the globe. Mixing live and recorded images, documentaries and music, this performance is navigated by a live host in conversation with the audience.
· Directed by Katerina Cizek, performed by Misha Glouberman, and produced for the NFB by Gerry Flahive and David Oppenheim.
About the NFB
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) creates groundbreaking interactive works, social-issue documentaries and auteur animation. The NFB has produced over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 14 Canadian Screen Awards, 8 Webbys, 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. To access acclaimed NFB content, visit NFB.ca or download its apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV.
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Includes a world premiere feature documentary and live preview of the closing chapter in the award-winning interactive project HIGHRISE
Toronto, Ontario – National Film Board of Canada - Mysteries and disappearances stranger than anything in a detective novel. Visionary one-of-a-kind figures in Canadian arts and politics. Feature documentaries and short works, and a live preview of the final installment in a legendary six-year digital project.
It’s all part of a rich National Film Board of Canada (NFB) presence at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada where NFB works will be showcased this year from April 23 to May 3, 2015.
This year’s selection includes the world premiere of Sasha Snow’s feature documentary Hadwin’s Judgement, a spellbinding account of environmentalism, obsession and myth produced by True West Films and Passion Planet in association with the NFB, screening in the World Showcase program.
The festival is also hosting five Ontario premieres. Screening in the Canadian Spectrum program are Sophie Deraspe’s esperamos/NFB co-produced feature documentary The Amina Profile, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and Serge Giguère’s Productions du Rapide-Blanc/NFB co-production Finding Macpherson, a captivating 10-year look at an artist at work, which was named Best Feature-Length Documentary at Quebec’s Jutra Awards on March 15. Justin Simms and William D. MacGillivray’s Danny, a portrait of legendary Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams, is one of just five titles chosen for Hot Docs’ Big Ideas program, while Mike Maryniuk’s eclectic multi-media film Home Cooked Music and Martin Bureau’s impressionistic Hell Runs on Gasoline! are featured in the Short Documentary program.
Winner of the Grand Prize for Best Animated Feature-length Film at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, Luc Chamberland’s animated documentary Seth’s Dominion, about Canadian cartoonist Seth, is featured in the Next program, which explores creativity, pop culture and the arts.
As Hot Docs inaugurates its DocX program for innovative interactive documentaries, the festival will host a sneak preview of HIGHRISE: Universe Within with the one-night-only participatory live performance Universe Within, Live. Launching online later this year, HIGHRISE: Universe Within delves into the hidden digital lives of high-rise residents around the world and is the final iteration in the NFB’s many media, multi-year digital documentary project HIGHRISE, directed by Katerina Cizek, which has to date garnered a number of prestigious international honours: two Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, a World Press Photo Prize, two Canadian Screen Awards, and the first-ever IDFA DocLab Award for Digital Storytelling.
Quick Facts
Hadwin’s Judgement (86 min.)
· Inspired by the award-winning book The Golden Spruce, HadwinĘĽs Judgement chronicles BC logging engineer and survivalist Grant Hadwin’s resolute struggle to reconcile what he regarded as an egregious affront—not just to the land, but to humanity as well. Witnessing the devastation wrought by clear-cutting on the last great temperate rainforest drove him to commit a desperate and illegal act. His crusade ends in a tragic mystery and prophetic warning.
· Hadwin’s Judgement is written and directed by Sasha Snow, and produced by Elizabeth Yake (True West Films), David Allen (Passion Planet), and David Christensen and Yves J. Ma (NFB).
The Amina Profile (Le profil Amina) (85 min.)
· Amina Arraf, a Syrian-American revolutionary who’s having an online affair with Montrealer Sandra Bagaria, launches the provocatively named blog A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog attracts a huge following―which increases when Amina’s reported abduction sparks an international outcry. But who is the real Amina? The Amina Profile is part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax.
· The Amina Profile is written and directed by Sophie Deraspe, and produced by Isabelle Couture (esperamos) and Nathalie Cloutier (NFB). The film is distributed in Canada by Les Films du 3 mars.
Finding Macpherson (Le mystère Macpherson) (77 min.)
· Born of a friendship between Quebec singer-songwriter FĂ©lix Leclerc and Jamaican immigrant Frank Randolph Macpherson, the song “MacPherson” launched Martine Chartrand on a 10-year period of research to create her award-winning 2012 NFB paint-on-glass animated short MacPherson. Director Serge Giguère was with her from the start and chronicled her exceptional creative journey in Finding Macpherson.
· Finding Macpherson is written and directed by Serge Giguère, and produced by Nicole Hubert and Sylvie Van Brabant (Les Productions du Rapide-Blanc), and Colette Loumède (NFB).
Danny (84 min.)
· Through revealing back-room anecdotes and in-depth interviews, Danny tells the story of how former Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams battled Ottawa and Big Oil alike to ensure that the province received a fair share of its abundant natural resources, becoming the most popular—and controversial—Canadian politician of his era.
· Directed by Justin Simms and William D. MacGillivray, written by William D. MacGillivray, and produced for the NFB by Annette Clarke.
Home Cooked Music (10 min.)
· Is there anything more Canadian than a moose-antler electric guitar? Mike Maryniuk’s own eclectic creativity finds a fellow tinkerer in retired machinist Lorne Collie. The filmmaker stitches together weathered doc footage and hand-crafted animation, and the result is a folksy, one-of-a-kind portrait.
· Written and directed by Mike Maryniuk, and produced for the NFB by Brendon Sawatzky.
Hell Runs on Gasoline! (L’enfer marche au gaz!) (7 min.)
· A race at the Saint-FĂ©licien racetrack goes from bone-jarring, ear-splitting infernal vision to an eerily silent cemetery of abandoned carcasses, in this short created through the first edition of the 5 Shorts Project (Projet 5 courts), an NFB short documentary initiative in partnership with regional artist-run centres and production centres in Quebec.
· Hell Runs on Gasoline! is written and directed by Martin Bureau, and produced by Nathalie Cloutier and Colette Loumède (NFB), and Catherine Benoit (Spirafilm).
Seth’s Dominion (42 min)
· Canadian cartoonist Seth, best known for comic books such as Palookaville, is one of the world’s great storytellers in the form. Luc Chamberland sheds light on his wry, articulate subject, mixing insightful biography with vivid animation in an artful fusion of filmmaking techniques that perfectly captures Seth’s manifold creative universe.
· Written and directed by Luc Chamberland, and produced for the NFB by Marcy Page and Gerry Flahive.
HIGHRISE: Universe Within, Live
· Launching the final iteration of the acclaimed HIGHRISE digital documentary project, Universe Within, Live takes audiences on a fascinating journey from Brooklyn to Mumbai to Guangzhou through the original portraits of highrise residents and their digital lives from around the globe. Mixing live and recorded images, documentaries and music, this performance is navigated by a live host in conversation with the audience.
· Directed by Katerina Cizek, performed by Misha Glouberman, and produced for the NFB by Gerry Flahive and David Oppenheim.
About the NFB
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) creates groundbreaking interactive works, social-issue documentaries and auteur animation. The NFB has produced over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 14 Canadian Screen Awards, 8 Webbys, 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. To access acclaimed NFB content, visit NFB.ca or download its apps for smartphones, tablets and connected TV.
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"Hoax Hunters" is Heavy Metal's First Ever Comic Book Series
PORTLAND, OR - Yesterday was April 1st, or “April Fools Day,” a day known for it’s celebration of pranks. Well, that and an awesome feminist slasher film of the same name… Heavy Metal, the world’s number one science fiction and fantasy magazine, chose that day to launch a comics line nearly 40 years in the making! It would only make sense that this day be celebrated with the return of the aptly titled Hoax Hunters, which after a successful run at Image, kicks off it’s “second season” with a new number one!
The Hoax Hunters team took over the Heavy Metal Twitter (https://twitter.com/HeavyMetalInk) account in their ongoing effort to separate fact from fiction, to unlock the mysteries of today and everyday. Follow the investigation here, and through #hoaxhunters!
With the Hoax Hunters team in shambles following Jack’s untimely departure, they head to Paris under Donovan’s controversial leadership. Heavy Metal suggest that readers not miss this landmark issue, as the series reaches a crucial turning point on and off of the page!
Readers can follow @HeavyMetalInk for updates throughout the day, and RT the Hoax Hunters team for a chance to win a signed special variant available only through select comic shops, and direct from Heavy Metal!
Hoax Hunters is an original series created by Michael Moreci and Steve Seeley, and features art by Christian Dibari, with covers by Rob Prior. Stop by your local comic shop, or visit www.heavymetal.com and pick up this historic first issue today!
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Netflix and Marvel Announce Cheo Hodari Coker as Executive Producer of "Luke Cage" Series
Cheo Hodari Coker Will Serve as Executive Producer and Showrunner of 'Marvel's Luke Cage' For Netflix
Coker to bring Cage to life in his own original series
Netflix & Marvel Television announced today that Cheo Hodari Coker will serve as executive producer and showrunner of the anticipated series, "Marvel’s Luke Cage." Coker is writing the first two episodes of the series that will premiere in 2016, everywhere that Netflix is available.
Most recently, Coker served as a co-executive producer on the second season of "Ray Donovan," and prior to that was a supervising producer on the critically-acclaimed, fourth season of the drama "SouthLAnd." Coker was a part of the "SouthLAnd" team that earned the show a 2012 Peabody Award. Coker also garnered a 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing for a Dramatic Series for his work on that show. Coker’s feature film credits include Fox Searchlight’s rap biopic "Notorious." He authored the book "Unbelievable: The Life, Death, and Afterlife of The Notorious B.I.G." as well. Coker started his writing career in journalism and was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and contributed to VIBE, Rolling Stone, Essence, among other publications. He is a graduate of Stanford University.
It was previously announced that Mike Colter ("The Good Wife," "American Horror Story: Coven") will play the charismatic lead character, Luke Cage, in the series.
"Marvel’s Luke Cage" is produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios for Netflix.
More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/tv/24362/cheo_hodari_coker_will_serve_as_executive_producer_and_showrunner_of_marvels_luke_cage_for_netflix#ixzz3W7J6rmus
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